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Murasaki Shikibu The Tale of Genji
posted by Maciamo
Written in the eleventh century, this exquisite
portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan is
widely celebrated as the world's first novel.
Genji, the Shining Prince, is the s ...
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Japanese Literature The Makioka Sisters
posted by stevendalexander
The story, set in war-time Osaka and Hyōgo
Prefecture, centers around the four daughters of a
once-wealthy family now in decline: Tsuruko,
Sachiko, Yukiko, and Taeko (aff ...
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Yukio Mishima, Michael Gallagher Runaway Horses (Sea of Fertility)
posted by Maciamo
The chronicle of a conspiracy and a novel about
the roots and nature of Japanese fanaticism in the
years that led to war--an era marked by
depression, social change and politi ...
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Yukio Mishima The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
posted by Maciamo
Novel by Mishima Yukio, first published in
Japanese as Kinkakuji in 1956. The novel is
considered one of the author's masterpieces. A
fictionalized account of the actual torch ...
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Henry Scott-Stokes, Henry Scott Stokes The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima
posted by Maciamo
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26 August 2004 01:07
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Natsume Soseki Kokoro
posted by Maciamo
Nineteenth-century Japanese novel concerned with
man's loneliness in the modern world.
Learn more about
Natsume Soseki in the JREF Glossary
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Natsume Soseki Botchan
posted by Maciamo
Like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Botchan,
a hilarious tale about a young man's rebellion
against "the system" in a country school, is a
classic. Among both young and o ...
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Natsume Soseki I Am a Cat
posted by Maciamo
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Natsume Soseki in the JREF Glossary
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Natsume Soseki Ten Nights' Dreams
posted by Maciamo
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Natsume Soseki in the JREF Glossary
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Donald Keene Anthology of Japanese Literature from the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteent
posted by Maciamo
Originally published in 1955 and now with more
than half a million copies in print, Athology of
Japanese literature offers readers a comprehensive
overview of the history of J ...
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17 March 2004 06:08
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Banana Yoshimoto Kitchen
posted by Maciamo
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Haruki Murakami Norwegian Wood
posted by Maciamo
This stunning and elegiac novel by the author of
the internationally acclaimed Wind-Up Bird
Chronicle has sold over 4 million copies in Japan
and is now available to American ...
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